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The Phoenix Reporter and ItemTue, 31 Mar 2015 06:59:45 -040060LIMERICK >> Some discarded cigarettes outside a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant started a small fire Sunday. No one was injured.

Limerick Township Fire Marshal Greg Breyer said crews were dispatched at 10:02 a.m. for a report of a building fire at the restaurant, located at 947 S. Township Line Road.

]]>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:19:39 -04002015-03-30T16:19:39-04:002015-03-30T16:19:39-04:00COLLEGEVILLE >> The man suspected of the armed robbery of the Wawa at 308 E. Main St. Sunday afternoon has been arrested.

Matthew Schnell, 25, was taken into custody without incident after Collegeville police, along with a K-9 unit, descended on his residence on Hunsberger Drive in Limerick March 26.

]]>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:10:59 -04002015-03-30T16:10:59-04:002015-03-30T16:10:59-04:00The Phoenixville Area High School Theatre Guild presents "Hairspray" this weekend at the District Auditorium at Phoenixville Area Middle School, 1330 Main St. The production opened Thursday night and will also play Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors.]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:37:16 -04002015-03-27T14:37:16-04:002015-03-27T14:37:16-04:00
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NORRISTOWN >> The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County Court Wednesday against three county car dealerships and their president, alleging deceptive business practices, selling cars at inflated prices and selling cars deemed not road-worthy.

The suit filed against Drivehere.

]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:24:28 -04002015-03-27T10:24:28-04:002015-03-27T10:24:28-04:00MIDDLETOWN >> Delaware County state Rep. Tom Killion, at a forum Thursday, pushed to fortify a hybrid-style pension plan that failed to garner bipartisan support under former Gov. Tom Corbett.

]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:20:30 -04002015-03-27T10:20:30-04:002015-03-27T10:20:30-04:00The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced that one lane will be closed westbound on Route 422 at the Oaks Interchange in Upper Providence from Tuesday, March 31, through Friday, April 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for bridge deck sealing.

This operation is part of PennDOT's $2.

]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:41:40 -04002015-03-26T14:41:40-04:002015-03-27T09:50:55-04:00When you grow up on a farm, you have an inborn love for animals. Whether it was the cows and chickens, hogs and geese, horse and pony, sheep, cat or dog, from the start of the day to the end of the day we were around those animals. To this day I still love the smell of the barn.

But it is one thing to have animals as part of your livelihood and another thing to have them as pets.

]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:59:17 -04002015-03-26T16:59:17-04:002015-03-26T16:59:17-04:00Gov. Tom Wolf's first executive order banned gifts for executive branch employees in order to eliminate conflicts of interest between those in power and anyone "seeking to obtain business from or has financial relations with the commonwealth.]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:59:10 -04002015-03-26T16:59:10-04:002015-03-26T16:59:10-04:00Gov. Tom Wolf's budget proposal presents a clear vision for the future of our state and dares us to be great in the spirit of President John Kennedy who said that "a rising tide lifts all boats."

There will be some who will try to derail this budget by picking away at the pieces of the plan to protect their own "special interests.

Summer Afield Program: Calling all fourth to sixth graders! Do you like to investigate your world? Explore streams? Make observations and discoveries? Work on experiments? Make new friends? Have Fun? Then you'll want to join Summer Afield and make this a summer to remember! Summer Afield is a week-long, half-day program for students who have finished fourth through sixth grade.

]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:47:32 -04002015-03-26T15:47:32-04:002015-03-26T15:47:32-04:00Molly Maguire's Irish Restaurant and Pub presented a check for $3,070 to The Colonial Theatre Thursday morning. The money was raised during their 2014 Golf Tournament. The 2015 Molly Maguire's Golf Tournament will benefit The Good Samaritan Shelter. The event is on Tuesday, June 2. For more information, visit Molly's website at www.]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:59:15 -04002015-03-26T13:59:15-04:002015-03-26T13:59:15-04:00Flageolet >> To hear or say flageolet makes me happy. Actually it is a small, immature kidney bean.

This bean was cultivated in France somewhere in the 1800s. They come in white, blue, yellow, red and green varieties and can be found fresh, dried and canned. The pod of the flageolet is 3 inches long and inedible.

]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:46 -04002015-03-26T11:58:46-04:002015-03-26T11:58:46-04:00POTTSTOWN >> A former state official with experience running a national heritage corridor has been named executive director of the Schuylkill River National Heritage Area, which has its headquarters in Pottstown's Riverfront Park.

Silas A. Chamberlin of Allentown has served as a regional advisor for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources since last March.

]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:28:36 -04002015-03-25T17:28:36-04:002015-03-26T09:25:07-04:00ROYERSFORD >> The decision to hire a new special education teacher in the Spring-Ford Area School District did not come without its share of controversy.

In a 7-1 vote Monday, the school board approved the hiring of Mary K. Burkholder as a part-time special education teacher at the 5-6 Grade Center Tuesday.

]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:42:22 -04002015-03-25T17:42:22-04:002015-03-25T17:42:22-04:00PHOENIXVILLE >> Police arrested a Phoenixville man after a search warrant led them to a stash of packaged crack cocaine.

Muhammad Abdil Griffin Jr., 19, is facing drug charges after police served a search warrant at his home on March 21 and found him in possession of drugs that had been packaged for sale, according to court documents.